"Scodel's subtlety and erudition make him a superb interpreter of Renaissance literature and culture. Across a remarkable range of texts, "Excess and the Mean in Early Modern English Literature" uncovers the intellectual and artistic passions that informed the quest for ethical norms in a period of acute political and ideological division."--David Norbrook, University of Maryland, College Park
"An absorbing, beautifully researched, and skillfully argued discussion of a topic that in Scodel's handling opens up some spacious and important perspectives on seventeenth century English life and culture. The discussion is extremely detailed and nuanced and respectful of the complexity of the evidence at hand."--Gordon Braden, University of Virginia
